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Recently, I designed and printed a few tap handles for friends who are passionate about home brewing and wanted some special handles for serving their beers at their wedding. 3D Printing allows a way to achieve personal, intricate designs at a material cost low enough to justify a custom handle for every brew. Since they… Read more

It’s getting hot again in California. I survived last summer’s brutal heat by leaving the state altogether for a little while; I’m not going to be able to get away with that this time, and not having AC in the daily driver has me in for a miserable time if I don’t do something soon. … Read more

Spares – we ended up ditching the spare whole strut in Bucharest to save some weight (and having to maneuver it around every time we put stuff on and off the roof rack, which was every time we were away from the car for more than an hour) but probably should have brought along a… Read more

Munch Guide Slowly over the months prior to the rally, Lori and I had been collecting national dishes and drinks and compiling info into a shared spreadsheet we called the Munch Guide. Read more

…And there will be a next time. The Mongol Rally has been such a life changing experience for myself and everyone on Team Mystic Moose. Pulling together scattered notes from the rally, scribbles in my journal, and post-rally thoughts, I wanted to compile a list of things that I would do different next time and… Read more

Since I picked the Jeep up in January earlier this year, the clutch slave cylinder has been leaking. Since it’s an internal style cylinder, I’ve ignored it so far, as it is siamesed to the throwout bearing inside the bell housing, meaning the whole transmission has to come out to replace it.. Read more

Well that was terrible. Just stepped into a hostel in Dublin after an awful 24 hours or 26 or something, I don’t even know how long it’s been – the math gets weird once you start going back and forth across time zones. After the stress of last-minute (literally) packing and moving, we thought we… Read more

This is it. We’re on the plane. Three months we’ll be on the road, further away from home than any of us have ever been. Way the hell out of our comfort zones. Read more

This is it, the day we fly out. I’m stressed, but not because we fly out for the rally tonight. I overestimated how much I could get moved out of my old apartment in a day, and still have boxes and furniture to move. This morning will focus on all the last minute moving, and… Read more

This has been submitted for the new logo. I can’t say I’m particularly welcoming of the changes but the people who created it seem to love it. Complexity, colors, and time may prevent shirts from getting done. It might be a few days until I find out if it we can get it done in… Read more